The Nalan Group.
The top-floor office.
Nalan Ye-Jue sat in his wheelchair, his gaze calm as he looked across the room.
A gigantic, ultra-high-definition screen covering an entire wall displayed the same foreign-language webpage as the computer in an associate professor's office at Imperial University.
The content was even clearer and more comprehensive.
It included quite a bit that ordinary webpages hadn't decoded.
An executive vice president excitedly reported, "BMP-16 is a major medical discovery. Once we put it into research and develop it into a drug, all human bone diseases will be solved! Our group has to seize the initiative and secure the patent for its development. By then, Young Master Di, you might even be able to..."
He had meant to say that Young Master Di's lame leg might be healed and he might be able to stand again.
But when his eyes swept over Nalan Ye-Jue, he shuddered at the icy aura. He simply didn't dare say the word "lame" aloud.
"You might even be able to... to lead the Nalan Group to crush the pharmaceutical industry with our technological prowess. There's just one key step left: finding QUEEN, the paper's first author! QUEEN is a woman, and the Red Society has her information. Just give the order, and we'll investigate her background..."
The Nalan Group's intelligence network was exceptionally powerful.
Even information unavailable on the black market was within the Nalan Group's reach.
However, the intelligence department was Nalan Ye-Jue's own loyal force. Without his orders, no one could interfere.
The executive vice president thought that by bringing this major academic news to Young Master Di first, he'd earned himself considerable credit. He'd also have a chance to meet those mysterious people in the intelligence department and get closer to Young Master Di's inner circle...
Who would have thought?
The next second,
Nalan Ye-Jue's voice rang out, low and deep. "I'm not interested in the pharmaceutical field."
Then, he coolly tapped the desk with a long finger. "Next."
The next executive hurriedly steeled himself and reported on his department's agenda.
The vice president stared blankly, completely dumbfounded. "..."
Had he just tried to flatter Young Master Di and hit the wrong note? Such major academic news, and Young Master Di wasn't interested?!
But just a few days ago, Young Master Di had ordered them to expand the latest intelligent robot's stored knowledge and explanations of basic medicine. He'd also demanded that they rush development of functions to treat head wounds and restore cognitive abilities...
Those were all medical functions!
And now Young Master Di was saying he wasn't interested in the pharmaceutical field?
Even if he wasn't interested, didn't Young Master Di himself want to heal his lame leg? As a man, didn't he want to stand again?
The vice president was about to cry—
Young Master Di's heart was a needle at the bottom of the sea!
The Nalan Group's meeting lasted the entire day.
When Bai Chi arrived, the meeting had just ended.
Nalan Ye-Jue was talking with an elderly, white-haired man.
"Principal Zhou, isn't there something missing from your evaluation report?" Nalan Ye-Jue's tone was mild, yet he was imposing without needing to show anger.
The old man opposite him had white hair and a furrow between his brows that formed the character for "river." He looked stern, but at Nalan Ye-Jue's question, he smiled and stroked his beard. "As expected, nothing gets past Young Master Di. This time, the Royal Academy evaluated the robots your group commissioned us to assess. Everything else was fine, but one crucial part remained. I'd originally asked a young friend to test it. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reach her these past few days... You were pressing for the report, so I had no choice but to submit it without that section."
Nalan Ye-Jue questioned him. "A young friend?"
Principal Zhou smiled. "She may be young, but her opinion is crucial."
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